‘Rio 2016 Olympics not a terrorist target’
Rio De Janeiro, June 2 (IANS) The Brazilian government has not detected any threat of terrorist activity in Rio de Janeiro — the venue for the 2016 Olympic games in August, a defence officer said….
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10 killed in Somalia hotel attack
Mogadishu, June 2 (IANS) At least 10 persons have been killed and 25 others injured in an attack by Al-Shabaab on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said on Wednesday. A car bomb…
Kenya’s Garissa university attack mastermind killed in Somalia
Nairobi, June 2 (IANS) A senior Al-Shabaab commander, who was behind the Garissa University attack in April last year, was killed during airstrikes in southern Somalia on Tuesday night, Kenyan police said on Wednesday. Inspector…
Five bombs seized in Manipur, no arrest made
Imphal, June 1 (IANS) The Indian Army on Wednesday seized five powerful bombs from Chandel district in Manipur during combing operations in villages along the 398-km Indian border in Manipur with Myanmar, intelligence sources said….
Another top aide of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani held
Jammu, June 1 (IANS) A week after capturing a top aide of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said they had apprehended another close associate of the most…
Three found guilty of war crimes in Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 1 (IANS) At least one man was sentenced to death and two others to life in prison by a war tribunal here on Wednesday for their crimes committed during the country’s War of…
20,000 children trapped in Iraq’s Fallujah: UN
Baghdad, June 1 (IANS) At least 20,000 children are trapped in the Iraqi city of Fallujah where the army has launched an offensive against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, which has been controlling the…
Zarb-e-Azab to be completed this year, vows Pakistan Army chief
Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday asserted that failure was not an option in the war against terrorism and vowed that Operation Zarb-e-Azab would be completed this year. In…
Taliban storm Afghan court, kill five
Kabul, June 1 (IANS) Taliban militants stormed a court complex in the Afghan city of Ghazni on Wednesday, clashing with police in which 10 people, including all five of the militants, were killed, police said….
Saudi court sentences 14 to death over terror charges
Riyadh, June 1 (IANS) A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced 14 citizens to death penalty over terrorism charges. The court also sentenced nine suspects to jail terms from three to 15 years, Xinhua reported. The…
Saudi court sentences 14 to death over terror charges
Riyadh, June 1 (IANS) A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced 14 citizens to death penalty over terrorism charges. The court also sentenced nine suspects to jail terms from three to 15 years, Xinhua reported. The…
Nine killed in Afghan suicide attack
Kabul, June 1 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide bombing in Ghazni city on Wednesday, an official said. “The nine casualties included four civilians, four attackers and…
Nine killed in Afghan suicide attack
Kabul, June 1 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide bombing in Ghazni city on Wednesday, an official said. “The nine casualties included four civilians, four attackers and…
15 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria
Damascus, June 1 (IANS) At least 15 Syrian civilians were killed in the past 24 hours by US-led airstrikes against the city of Manbej, which is controlled by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, a…
15 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria
Damascus, June 1 (IANS) At least 15 Syrian civilians were killed in the past 24 hours by US-led airstrikes against the city of Manbej, which is controlled by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, a…
Thousands fleeing as battle for Fallujah continues: UN
United Nations, June 1 (IANS) Nearly 3,700 people, or 624 families, have fled Fallujah over the past week amid a new offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the besieged city from the Islamic State (IS),…
IS using ‘human shields’ as Iraqi forces advance in Fallujah
Baghdad, May 31 (IANS) Islamic State is using several hundred families as human shields in Fallujah, Iraq, witnesses told the UN agency for refugees UNHCR. It comes just one day after Iraqi troops forced their…
1.2 million Afghans internally displaced in war
Kabul, May 31 (IANS) The number of internally displaced people has doubled to 1.2 million in the past three years due to the escalation in conflict in Afghanistan, Amnesty International said in its report on…
Afghan conflict gets momentum since change in Taliban leadership
Taliban Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzada. (File Photo:Xinhua/Afghan Islamic PressIANS) Kabul, May 31 (IANS) The turmoil in Afghanistan has got impetus since Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been appointed as the Taliban group’s supreme leader. “Kidnapping innocent passengers…
Pakistani arrested in Spain for spreading jihadist propaganda
Madrid, May 31 (IANS) A Pakistani man was arrested on Tuesday in the city L’Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona for spreading jihadist propaganda, the Spanish Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday. “The jihadist spread Daesh…